"Boss I came up with a really cool and easy way to screw this together so it is easy to repair!"."You did what?! We are Apple, you go pour glue on that thing".
Apple: Whats are these called? Everybody else: Screws Apple: Your saying there are other ways to mount and connected stuff together? Everybody else:Yes? Next week Apple releases Retina Screws work like normal screws
@@realvivifromloona better sound yet it cant even be used as a speaker, nor does it even work properly with spotify or any third party app that has anything to do with music. Cant even us it as a speaker for a mac. I'd expect more from apple but, I shouldn't even be surpriced. It's just basically a siri/apple music speaker and that's it.
The way jailbreaking iPhones in the past taunted Apple to counter with software upgrades against it, iFixit teardowns now taunt them to make their products unfixable! They probably have an entire department in the basement of the spaceship dedicated to inventing new unbreachable adhesives.
Maybe it's for vibration. The sub seems large and powerful enough to make a big plastic thread turn loose all by itself. And even if it doesn't come off (it's still held in place) it might start to vibrate and make noise when playing stuff.
It's definitely meant to be torn apart for refurbishing, that's why all components held by their place with screews, but you have to break the sealing to get to it. I think it's made that way to exclude the possibility of 3rd-party repair.
Yeah, the ads are deceiving. They make it look like the tweeters are openly pointing out the sides just under the mesh and that's obviously not the case.
3:09 did I miss something or did you not even try to get the 7 tweeters around the bottom edge out? Or maybe it was too hard and you didn't include that in the video.
I think there is that much adhesive because I have a few and even though they don’t really vibrate the table they are on there is probably a lot of pressure on that sub if there is a high bass song ant max volume
I was able to open my HomePod without destroying the whole thing. instead of cutting that top ring open, you should heat and pry it from the INSIDE. there are a bunch of channels on top of the screws underneath where you can fit a long screwdriver or something and use it as a lever to pry it out, it's actually pretty easy to do, then the rest of the teardown follows normally as shown in the video
If done right no cutting would be necessary.. Undo the top screws and heat gently.. then unscrew mesh/cage bottom.. use ethanol or nail polish remover liberally in seal.. and apply a small amount of force until seal starts to separate. Then proceed.
Apple actually use quality nippon chemi-con capacitors, usually these kind of speakers cheap out on that because it doesn't have to last more than a couple of years, sonos for example uses cheap capxon capacitors
Could you please write the part number on the back of the magnet or on the side of the number for me to find out what brand or company made the woofer?
Apple market themselves as a company that cares about the environment but increasingly they create extremely difficult to repair - and in this case impossible to repair 'as good as new' hardware. Disgusting - they are so rich and do not need to do this.
apple has been doing this since the the iphone 5s.. the iphone 4 and previose were built likje lego, with very little glue... but now the relish in the fact that the can make thing look reparable, then add glue to every thread possible.. the have been outsourcing their waste to external companies for years to make it seem like they dont produce much. . im my opinion, paying an external company to deal with you trash is the same as making the trash yourself . fun fact, when i was living n toronoto, i used to get brand new iphones that were either retunred or apple deemed them unfit to repair ( most of them were brand new) from a samller company that apple was paying to ÈrecycleÈ for them .. the recycling company either burned eveything in an incinerator, or allowed the employees to steal them .. it was great for me, i got free iphones all the time, but it really expsed me to the gross under belly of how these large tech companies make it seem like they are being eco freindly, while paying opther companies to take the heat for producing unnecessary waste
I have not once in my life heard of apple marketing themself as good for the environment. I dislike apple, and I'm not saying you are wrong, but if they are marketing it as such they are doing a pretty bad job since I've only just heard about it from you.
This Thinge is Build like a Tank, i dont think there are alot of ways to destroy this badboy. That is why it has so much adhecive, the subwoofer is super Powerfull. Was it build like your 20.- China speaker it would take about 1 week before breaking down
See they make it look like a speaker in the nice see through graphics but infact is a bunch of speakers in a plastic tube. Why the tweeters are facing down I don’t know.
They screwed two halves together and sealed it with adhesive when it was being made. It seems like at such a price hike, they will basically give you a new one. The new one will probably have recycled parts from other speakers that had defective pieces. Basically, all they need to do is put everything into two casings and screw them together.
I think those hex screws at 1:56 would be accessible via an angled hex wrench, without "removing" that part you cut off, starting at 1:36. Sure, you and I wouldn't be able to know that without a guide, or getting lucky. However, if those hex screws really are accessible with a tiny angled hex wrench, I think it would be nice of you to mention that in the description, via captions, or something, so that this video becomes even more informative!
try putting it into an oven for some time to help with the glue problem. I would try at around 60 degree Celsius to avoid damaging any electronic components
Much better than that "what's inside" channel that basically destroyed the thing from the beginning of their teardown.
That channel is garbage imho
That's kinda the point of their channel though
Yeah I really hate What's Inside. They don't actually show what's inside very well considering what their channel name is.
Jacob Wood a g r e e
yeah i was a little offended by that video as well this was much better
FINALLY a teardown video of the HomePod
what’s inside already did this :))
What’s inside had one before them
What's inside didn't do a teardown. They did a smash and grab
there was a "destroy" video before...
Kyle Christen but was it professional? no.
Coming from What’s Inside, this was a really clean tear down
Shahid Khan you mean dan and Linkin from What's Inside
So many screws.
Yeah apparently they take an axe to everything 🤷
Well, according to What's Inside....WHAT, A SCREWDRIVER...NEVER HEARD OF ONE.
😂🤣🤣😂
Please do tear down of Tesla Model 3
Bryan Samuel I’d watch that
"Welcome to part 659 of 1230 of our Tesla Model 3 teardown, In this video we will disassemble the passenger side power window"
Bryan Samuel My God! Million dollars of waste
Lol wtf
YES!!! That would be incredible. I wonder what the repairability score would be on that?
"Boss I came up with a really cool and easy way to screw this together so it is easy to repair!"."You did what?! We are Apple, you go pour glue on that thing".
Apple: Whats are these called?
Everybody else: Screws
Apple: Your saying there are other ways to mount and connected stuff together?
Everybody else:Yes?
Next week
Apple releases Retina Screws work like normal screws
probbably due to audiodynamics maybe
If you happen to come across a repair manual and figure out a better way to open it, would you revisit this tear-down?
My guess is mo
*no
The cord that plugs into the wall is remove able!
great, it gets 1.5 score then ! :)
no its not
Nicholas meade I think the entire population of the internet knows this by now, thank you anyway.
No its not
Yes! I was really surprised they didn’t show that
It's like the MacPro had a baby.
wow
Lol
@@twmax4137 lmao
@@twmax4137
Lmao chill, the HomePod has better sound than the Google Home Max and basically anything in its price range
@@realvivifromloona better sound yet it cant even be used as a speaker, nor does it even work properly with spotify or any third party app that has anything to do with music. Cant even us it as a speaker for a mac. I'd expect more from apple but, I shouldn't even be surpriced. It's just basically a siri/apple music speaker and that's it.
Man Apple doesn't want you to get into any of their stuff anymore.
OneBadAssDJ well anything that could get them extra money...they would do it...even if that means making it hard for their consumers
iPhones lol
It has to be robustly built, or else that sub woofer would eventually shake everything apart.
I mean, it is built really well, damn.
Just like your girlfriend
First time here. Kelsea has a great clear teaching voice that really grabs ur attention
That thing had a beefy subwoofer inside
Brynnon D. *Woofer
Yeah it did. I was impressed by that.
*Midbass driver
It’s a woofer not a subwoofer
The way jailbreaking iPhones in the past taunted Apple to counter with software upgrades against it, iFixit teardowns now taunt them to make their products unfixable! They probably have an entire department in the basement of the spaceship dedicated to inventing new unbreachable adhesives.
My name is Jeffrey but hey apple got some extra money i mean damn look at that repair price
Airplaying this to my HomePod. What a time to be alive.
This stays at your home, at one spot, plugged. Why does it have to be glued shut?
This stays at your home, at one spot, plugged. Why do you need to open it? =)
Maybe it's for vibration. The sub seems large and powerful enough to make a big plastic thread turn loose all by itself. And even if it doesn't come off (it's still held in place) it might start to vibrate and make noise when playing stuff.
Because of the dust
So you can have no vibrations, clear sound etc
So people can't easily repair it and therefore be forced to pay the expensive repair bill
It's definitely meant to be torn apart for refurbishing, that's why all components held by their place with screews, but you have to break the sealing to get to it. I think it's made that way to exclude the possibility of 3rd-party repair.
This is how a tear down is suppose to be done
slightly confused… the sides of the homepod are hard plastic? so the sound comes out of just the top and the bottom?
Chris Murphy The tweeters fire toward a center cone that directs them down then out.
Yeah, the ads are deceiving. They make it look like the tweeters are openly pointing out the sides just under the mesh and that's obviously not the case.
Tweeters sound are directional and this thing has them muffled. Sonos is better.
Thank you Apple for a whole new level of throw-away society. Together we can bring down this planet and all it's resources!
I like this channel I never seen lady tearing down like a pro
3:09 did I miss something or did you not even try to get the 7 tweeters around the bottom edge out? Or maybe it was too hard and you didn't include that in the video.
Much better quality and much more useful than what's inside's teardown
I watched the C-Net one and this was a lot shorter and actually was able to show me what was inside like I wanted.
Nice to have a teardown with a great voice-over. Well done!
I love homepod because it using same processor my iPhone 6
I never knew what the A8 chip looked like until now! Cool video
I love this iFixit videos
I want to see the tweeters! And a bit more of the woofer. This makes most of the sound quality.
What kind of tool is that at 1:45 ?
the first teardown of homepod cool
Never mentioned how it sounded like after putting it back together (or after attempting to)!
Can't wait for the jailbreak on this thing. Should make homepod a lot more interesting.
This was a fairly clean one. Well done!
CAn u pls do a tear down of the harman kardon studio 5 pls
PLEASE ID WATCH THAT
I think there is that much adhesive because I have a few and even though they don’t really vibrate the table they are on there is probably a lot of pressure on that sub if there is a high bass song ant max volume
Very nice teardown but how did it go back did it sound the same afterwards???
I would have liked to see the inside of one of the compression drivers at the bottom. Great video with a clear look at an unusual product.
I was able to open my HomePod without destroying the whole thing. instead of cutting that top ring open, you should heat and pry it from the INSIDE. there are a bunch of channels on top of the screws underneath where you can fit a long screwdriver or something and use it as a lever to pry it out, it's actually pretty easy to do, then the rest of the teardown follows normally as shown in the video
as for why my HomePod wasn't turning on I still have no idea
If done right no cutting would be necessary..
Undo the top screws and heat gently.. then unscrew mesh/cage bottom.. use ethanol or nail polish remover liberally in seal.. and apply a small amount of force until seal starts to separate.
Then proceed.
Apple actually use quality nippon chemi-con capacitors, usually these kind of speakers cheap out on that because it doesn't have to last more than a couple of years, sonos for example uses cheap capxon capacitors
Which portable Bluetooth speaker has better or same sound quality as this homepod.
Didn't you guys cut the the fabric mesh in your teardown on your website? :P
really love your videos 😂😂😂 always tearing down stuffs.. 😂😂😂
I've waited for that. thanks!
I don’t think anyone would damage a HomePod is look so durable
Could you please write the part number on the back of the magnet or on the side of the number for me to find out what brand or company made the woofer?
Apple market themselves as a company that cares about the environment but increasingly they create extremely difficult to repair - and in this case impossible to repair 'as good as new' hardware. Disgusting - they are so rich and do not need to do this.
apple has been doing this since the the iphone 5s.. the iphone 4 and previose were built likje lego, with very little glue... but now the relish in the fact that the can make thing look reparable, then add glue to every thread possible.. the have been outsourcing their waste to external companies for years to make it seem like they dont produce much. . im my opinion, paying an external company to deal with you trash is the same as making the trash yourself . fun fact, when i was living n toronoto, i used to get brand new iphones that were either retunred or apple deemed them unfit to repair ( most of them were brand new) from a samller company that apple was paying to ÈrecycleÈ for them .. the recycling company either burned eveything in an incinerator, or allowed the employees to steal them .. it was great for me, i got free iphones all the time, but it really expsed me to the gross under belly of how these large tech companies make it seem like they are being eco freindly, while paying opther companies to take the heat for producing unnecessary waste
I have not once in my life heard of apple marketing themself as good for the environment.
I dislike apple, and I'm not saying you are wrong, but if they are marketing it as such they are doing a pretty bad job since I've only just heard about it from you.
Just because it is difficult/destructive to disassamble doesn't mean it can't be recycled
This Thinge is Build like a Tank, i dont think there are alot of ways to destroy this badboy. That is why it has so much adhecive, the subwoofer is super Powerfull. Was it build like your 20.- China speaker it would take about 1 week before breaking down
They also made it almost completely impossible to break in normal use
Why didn't you get the escrewdriver in betwen the fins of the sub
How do you think they'll remove the sub ?
I love my HomePods.
This video was cool 😎
Thank you for the video!!!
Hey iFixit, anybody knows where to get a replacement glas cover for the black homepod? Crashed my HomePods cover...
Wait. Tiny ultrasonic cutters exist? I've seen oscillating multi-tools, but not this. WHAT WHAT WHAT. Mega cool.
Cool and interesting tear down of this device! So complex though!
Did it even work after reassembling it back together??
Had an O-ring to seal the unit, but glued to prevent the ability to open for servicing....
ahaa and how does it sound after reassembling? thought u would let us know.
Pretty as hell.
Both you & the HomePod!
the single mic is for optimizing sound when placed anywhere in a room
I watching this vid on the same exact couch! Literally!
This is the chastity belt of electronics.
I was waiting for this
You know the score would be low when the title says "this one gets destructive."
See they make it look like a speaker in the nice see through graphics but infact is a bunch of speakers in a plastic tube. Why the tweeters are facing down I don’t know.
Awesome video
They screwed two halves together and sealed it with adhesive when it was being made. It seems like at such a price hike, they will basically give you a new one. The new one will probably have recycled parts from other speakers that had defective pieces. Basically, all they need to do is put everything into two casings and screw them together.
I dont like apple, but you can´t deny the quality of the product
Jesus christ, this ain't a speaker, this is an ARC reactor
Thanks for making Siri go off
I think those hex screws at 1:56 would be accessible via an angled hex wrench, without "removing" that part you cut off, starting at 1:36.
Sure, you and I wouldn't be able to know that without a guide, or getting lucky. However, if those hex screws really are accessible with a tiny angled hex wrench, I think it would be nice of you to mention that in the description, via captions, or something, so that this video becomes even more informative!
where is the speaker driver? where is the sound came from?
Can you post specs of that SPEAKER? It looks like a Dayton Audio
What a mess ! But finnally I can see inside of it which doesn’t simple like the picture at the conference
Very nice 👍🏼
I've been waiting to see this video
so each tweeter just have a usb-c sized opening?
So how did it work after puttinf ba k together?
Those caps better be high quality. Who's caps are they? Nichicon? Panasonic?
Now I know what the Mac mini would look like
Did it still work after this?
Well, now there is speaker more powerful than my phone
Soooo. How did it sound afterwards?
wow. Apple REALLY doesn't want us to get into that thing. Now what would be interesting is seeing it be put back together to the original device.
Too be fair, I don't imagine you needing to repair this with the exception of maybe the power cord which is removable.
You didn't take out the 8 individual speakers?
More Like Kelsea Destroys!!!! Thank you for doing this! been wanting to see the inside of this thing :)
I prefer the video where the guy melts it with a torch ;)
heyyyyyy what about the power cable ???? come onnnnn !!!!
I just want the subwoofer with T/S parameters and build a awesome maybe tuned to 60hz box!
This is tech pron! also many things can be said about apple, but damn their pcb's are sexy!
Excelente vídeo 👍
WE Broke it yeah u mean YOU Broke it lmao.
I turned my back on apple years ago when it got to the point that a broken home button could only be repaired by apple at an obscene cost
Where were the tweeters?
The way she rolled back that speaker mesh, slow it down for better effect lol
I like Kelsea! She's eloquent.
I literally watch this video bc of Kelsea 😍😍😍
What's inside should learn from this video
Finally! I was just screeching for this and checking it now and again!
Damn HomePod is tank
try putting it into an oven for some time to help with the glue problem. I would try at around 60 degree Celsius to avoid damaging any electronic components
Can you guys tear down the Google Home Max?